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Restoring Relationships: Addressing Hate Crime Through Restorative Justice

Restoring Relationships: Addressing Hate Crime Through Restorative Justice. The Project. Three Phases 1) Literature Review 2) Interviews 3) ‘Toolkit’. Phase One. Desk Research Restorative Justice Hate Crime Legislation ‘Gaps’ Typology International Examples. Restorative Justice .

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Restoring Relationships: Addressing Hate Crime Through Restorative Justice

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  1. Restoring Relationships: Addressing Hate Crime Through Restorative Justice

  2. The Project • Three Phases • 1) Literature Review • 2) Interviews • 3) ‘Toolkit’

  3. Phase One • Desk Research • Restorative Justice • Hate Crime • Legislation • ‘Gaps’ • Typology • International Examples

  4. Restorative Justice • Definition • Dominant informal-justice system • Where it is implemented • Schools • Criminal Justice System • Major concern has been the difficulty in quantifying results and inconsistency of approach

  5. Restorative Justice • More qualitative than quantitative • Ductility of RJ positive

  6. Hate Crime • Definition • Stephen Lawrence Inquiry • Victims • Offender • Gaps

  7. Four Key Meetings • MPA Race Hate Crime Forum • Southwark Mediation • Lambeth Youth Justice • Restorative Justice Consortium

  8. Metropolitan Police Authority Race Hate Crime Forum • Improve co-ordination • Prevent and reduce hate crime • Satisfaction of victims

  9. Southwark Mediation Centre • RJ in practice • Hate Crime • Victim-Offender Mediation • Group Conferencing

  10. Lambeth Youth Justice • Programs for young people • Reduce re-offending • Multi-agency approach • Community safety

  11. Restorative Justice Consortium • Promote RJ • Criminal Justice System • Workplace • Community

  12. Publications • Stockholm Criminology Presentation • “Restorative Justice Theory and Practice: Addressing the Discrepancy” • ROTA Policy Journal • Monthly Policy Updates – ROTA Newsletter

  13. British Journal of Criminology • “RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND HATE CRIME: ADDRESSING THE GAP BETWEEN PRACTICE AND POLICY” (Forthcoming) • Recommendations made in Paper • Multi-agency approach to defeat hate crime • Need a definition for hate crime • Adapt the CJS to combat hate crime • Assessment of both punitive and preventive measures • Funders supporting innovative projects • Practitioners and Academics need to work together • Support for long-term solutions

  14. Amendment to Phase II- Comparative Element • Meeting W/Practitioners, Offenders and Victims in the U.S. • Ample RJ programmes in the U.S. • Balanced and Restorative Justice: An Information Manual for California. • BARJ (Balanced and Restorative Justice Project) • VORP’s In California

  15. Implementation of CASE Grant in the U.S. • Meeting with JRP – Lisa Rea • UCLA • Emailed Boalt Hall at Berkeley • Youth Justice NGO in California

  16. Benefits for Students • LSE Students learn: • Policy updates • Key stakeholders • Collaboration • Research • Teamwork • Briefings

  17. Living Knowledge Conference • Collaboration with academia • Working with NGO’s • Advanced training • Practical use of skills • Network

  18. ROTA Volunteer Appreciation

  19. CASE Grant Success • Carter Grant allowed us to: • Learn about important social issues • Gain VCS experience • Conduct a socially progressive project • Advance key policy issues

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